Officer cut by glass while arresting suspect in stabbing

A Chicago police officer was cut by a shattered store window this morning as he tried to arrest a suspect in a stabbing in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side, authorities said.

Police were called to the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue at about 2:30 a.m. to check reports of a fight, officials said. Officers found a 31-year-old man lying on his back suffering from several lacerations, according to Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.

Witnesses told officers the victim had been attacked by a man who was standing across the street, in front of a yogurt parlor, Mirabelli said. When the officers tried to question the man, he started struggling and fell through the shop's glass window, he said.

An officer suffered a severe cut to his right hand, Mirabelli said. But another officer was able to handcuff the suspect and take him into custody.

The victim was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with lacerations, bruises and contusions, Mirabelli said. He was initially reported as stable.

The injured officer was also taken to Masonic with severe lacerations to his right hand. He was expected to see a specialist, Mirabelli said.